![]() ![]() ![]() The rigorous research is the book's strength. An eccentric Duke, a mysterious claimant to the title, a long legal battle to open a grave in pursuit of a huge fortune - it's a thoroughly engrossing story, in the best traditions of Mr Whicher - Nicholas Best, author of Tennis and the Masai and Five Days that Shocked the WorldĪ lively and well-researched treat for fans of real-life historical mysteries * Family Tree Magazine *Ī meticulous examination of a late Victorian/early Edwardian cause celebre. ![]() The Druce-Portland case gripped Edwardian England, and you can see why. A lively account of the light shone on the lies, deceit and hypocrisy of Victorian society * The Times *Ī brilliant forensic analysis of the intriguing Druce case, and wonderfully revealing of the many layers beneath Victorian respectability - Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, judge on Richard III reinterment case ![]()
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